Section 47.12. Definitions.

  In addition to definitions in s. NR 47.002 , the following definitions apply to this subchapter:

(1)  "ACP" means agricultural conservation program, as referenced in 7 CFR, part 701 and part 1413 .

(2)  "Afforestation" means establishing a forest on land not previously forested.

(3)  "FIP" means forestry incentives program.

(4)  "FSA" means the U.S. department of agriculture, farm services agency.

(5)  "Landowner forest stewardship plan" means the plan prescribing forest stewardship measures to be used on a particular site to achieve multiple natural resource goals.

(6)  "Practice" means a stewardship activity or conservation measure consistent with the landowner forest stewardship plan to accomplish the landowner's desired management objectives.

(7)  "Program" means the stewardship incentive program established by the act.

(8)  "Reforestation" means establishing a forest on lands that were previously forested.

(9)  "Regional forester" means the area director for state and private forestry, northeastern area of the forest service.

(10)  "Riparian zone" means the zone adjacent to a navigable stream or other body of water.

(11)  "SIP" means the stewardship incentives program established by the act.

(12)  "USDA" means the U.S. department of agriculture.

(13)  "Wetlands" means an area where water is at, near or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and which has soils indicative of wet conditions.

Cr. Register, August, 1992, No. 440 , eff. 9-1-92; am. (3), Register, May, 1994, No. 461 , eff. 6-1-94; renum. (3) and (4) to be (4) and (3) and am. (4), Register, May, 1999, No. 521 , eff. 6-1-99; correction in (10) was made to restore dropped copy, Register January 2002 No. 553 .